EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES (Referred from Planning and Environment Committee dated 8 August 2023 - Item 5.1) · Attachment 1 EBFRMP 2023 Draft Final

EBFRMP Management actions
The following actions are identified for implementation:
Prioritisation:
• Immediate: < 1 year
• Medium:1 year – 3 years
• Long: 3 years – 5 years
• Continuing: Commenced and ongoing.

 Action                                                     Responsibility    Priority
 9.1. Update and implement ecological restoration plans     Environmental     Immediate
 for all EBFRs.                                             Services          Continuing

 9.2. Provide general community information about the       Climate Change    Immediate
 values of vegetated foreshores and natural processes for   Environmental
 community climate change resilience online, on-reserve     Services
 and nearby.

 9.3. Experiment with accelerated assisted natural bush     Environmental     Immediate
 regeneration, vegetation rehabilitation and dune           Services          Continuing
 rebuilding, especially at the seaward edge of dunes and    Bushcare groups
 foreshores.

 9.4. Develop design standards for beach accesses and       Infrastructure    Immediate
 coastal community infrastructure components.               Services          Continuing

 9.5. Allocate emergency contingent ecology funds and       Environmental     Medium
 resources as part of annual budget process to more         Services
 readily deploy bush regeneration and recovery activities
 after severe weather and disaster events.

 9.6. Develop an overarching beach access plan and          Environmental     Medium
 maintenance plan for beach accesses and coastal            Services
 community infrastructure components.                       Infrastructure
                                                            Services
 9.7. Conduct a review of existing beach accesses,          Environmental     Long
 viewing platforms, signage, fencing, seat and other        Services
 community coastal infrastructure, in line with Noosa’s     Infrastructure
 Design Principles.                                         Services

 Review elements include; classification, location, use,
 construction and maintenance, environmental impacts
 and defects, overuse and new or moved beach accesses
 where needed.


Measures

 Measure                                                    Responsibility    Timeframe
 Conduct a desktop review of the extent of EBFR             Environmental     Every two years
 vegetation every two years, using remote sensing data      Services
 collected under the Coastal Monitoring Plan. Vegetation
                                                            Climate Change
 % cover.




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